The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Meanwhile, the overall dropout rate at regional voc-techs is 0.5 percent statewide dropout rate, according to 2020-21 Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education data, and special needs students fare particularly well at voc-tech schools. percent , even lower than the overall 1.5

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EdNews Daily

JULY 30, 2019

More parents are sending their young children to elementary school with a smartphone. In 2014, Schargel was nominated for the Brock International Prize in Education for “demonstrating clear evidence of success in dropout prevention and for retaining students in alternative education environments.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 12, 2023

Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering groaned in disappointment when they saw the runny mess. Whittenberg Elementary School of Engineering prepare to drop a paper bag with an egg inside off a railing at the school during engineering week. . — The brown paper bag hit the ground with a smack. The third graders at A.J.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Suspensions can also contribute to new problems, such as lower academic performance and higher dropout rates. For years, it was a battle getting Guadalupe to his Phoenix elementary school in the Washington Elementary School District. Credit: Isaac Stone Simonelli/AZCIR. Credit: Tara García Mathewson/The Hechinger Report.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 6, 2022

Collins Elementary School, in southeastern Mississippi, paddled students more times than almost any school in the country in 2017-18, the last year for which there is national data. Johnson is the principal of Mississippi’s Collins Elementary School, where the paddle remains a staple of the educational experience. I signed the paper.”.

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The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Monica Williams remembers the late May day she and first grade teacher Lizette Gutierrez reconnected with the four young siblings from Cable Elementary. No teachers from the San Antonio elementary had heard from the children since schools closed abruptly in March due to the pandemic. Credit: Redland Elementary.

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The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 22, 2020

While pre-Ks, elementary schools and some schools for children with complex disabilities reopened in December, there is still no plan to reopen middle and high schools. They will also likely depress high school graduation rates, cause a spike in dropout rates, and negatively impact final educational attainment.

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STEM Elementary Education Secondary 123

The Hechinger Report

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Most other public closures were small ones, such as the closure of a teacher training site at a local elementary school. More than 60 percent of the students at a shuttered campus became college dropouts, adding to the large pool of U.S. adults who have student loans and no degree.

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The Hechinger Report

JUNE 14, 2023

Maybe they have to watch younger siblings at home, or there’s something happening at school — there’s a bullying issue or they’re particularly stressed out about one of their classes,” Terech, a former elementary school teacher, told lawmakers at a House Education Committee hearing this year. “If a student is suspended, they are absent.”

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Edsurge

MAY 22, 2023

This week marks one year since an unspeakable act of violence was carried out in an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas. One year since a gunman stole the lives of 19 fourth graders and two teachers at Robb Elementary. Children at Robb Elementary were of course most acutely affected by the shooting in Uvalde.

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Secondary Education Elementary Training 183

eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2017

Public elementary and secondary education dollars traditionally flow from three sources: the federal, state (state governments contributing nearly half of public-school funding) and local governments. The data set ranges from pupil-teacher ratio to dropout rate to median standardized-test scores. For full methodology, click here.].

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Neo LMS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

.” When, or if, this doomsday scenario arises for higher education, it will be a combination of the challenges we have examined thus far – costs of “campus-based” education, failing revenue streams, and expensive dropouts.

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Neo LMS

JANUARY 12, 2017

There are many reasons behind high dropout rates , but many seem to stream from the same sources. And dropout rates will become a thing of the past. A lot of things need to change, and the sooner that happens, the better. One of these is the slow adaptation to the new world. The idea is noble. The conveyor belt is the problem.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 6, 2020

Studies show that the effect of having a black male teacher, especially between grades 3 and 5, decreases the dropout rate among black male students by 30 percent and increases the likelihood of black students aspiring to higher education. We need more black male teachers in public schools. Sign up for our newsletter.

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Dropout Classroom Elementary Education 142

The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

High school seniors were targeted, as were college dropouts who wanted to resume their studies. When schools in Botswana closed for the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, one non-governmental organization texted math problems to parents of elementary school children, along with making weekly telephone calls. 1/2) Hi [first_name].

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Study Dropout Education Elementary 141

MIND Research Institute

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Champion of Education Award: Lisa Gonzales-Solomon, Principal, Madison Elementary. Hyundai Motor America’s partnership with MIND Research Institute and JiJi started in 2011 in Fountain Valley when Hyundai provided funding to two elementary schools to adopt MIND’s ST Math program. Driving Innovation Award: Hyundai Motor America.

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Education Elementary Dropout Classroom 105

Digital Promise

AUGUST 10, 2016

NSLA states summer learning loss “ is one of the most significant causes of the achievement gap between lower and higher income youth and one of the strongest contributors to the high school dropout rate. For many young people, the summer ‘opportunity gap’ contributes to gaps in achievement, employment and college and career success.”

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Learning Strategy Dropout Robotics 120

Hapara

JANUARY 26, 2023

This included “higher student academic engagement, attendance, grades, fewer disruptive behaviors and suspensions, and lower school dropout rates.” Model social skills Social and emotional learning for elementary students might begin with modeling social skills.

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Learning Classroom Hapara Education 182

Dangerously Irrelevant

MARCH 24, 2016

Significantly higher dropout rates. Retention has found to be a stronger predictor of student dropout than socioeconomic status or parental education. If you want to ensure that students don’t leave elementary school illiterate, hire a personal tutor for academically-struggling 4th graders.

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The Hechinger Report

JULY 4, 2023

And we must differentiate between the direct work of schools — such as fostering strong student-teacher relationships and course offerings — and educational outcomes, such as dropout rates, college-going rates and standardized test scores, that are often reflections of social inequality.

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Dropout Education Outcomes System 131

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

When James Smith became principal at Snowy Peaks three years ago, the school was a dropout prevention program on turnaround status. Roots Elementary School in Denver, Colo. Students at Roots Elementary are not constrained by grade levels and instead learn in an open area called “ the Grove ” (pictured below).

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Personalized Learning Learning iLearn Elementary 60

The Hechinger Report

APRIL 28, 2021

Yet research tells us that exposure to a Black teacher in elementary school can reduce the high school dropout rate for low-income Black male students by 39 percent. The diversity of students in this country is increasing, but the diversity of our teaching force is not. Just seven percent of our country’s teachers are Black.

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Education Dropout Classroom Academic Standards 86

The Hechinger Report

JULY 31, 2023

In Philadelphia, 49 percent of students who graduated from public high schools matriculated to a college or university, a number that does not account for the 19 percent pushout or dropout rate of students who did not graduate from high school. Only 10 percent of Philadelphia public school students went on to earn a college degree.

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Dropout Education Policies Study 70

eSchool News

AUGUST 3, 2017

Opened in 1995 as a dropout recovery high school and one of the first generation of charters in Texas, the George Gervin Academy is actually six campuses in one—with five campuses in San Antonio and one in Phoenix. If George Gervin Academy cherry-picks students, it is to select the ones who need the most support.

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Dropout Elementary Policies Mobility 66

Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2018

In other words, for every dollar we invest in high-quality pre-K, dropout rates decline. We must get out of the “catch-up” business, where we’re trying to fix problems when a child reaches the end of elementary school or middle school. If we could do only one thing, I’d put my last dollar into early childhood education.

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Education Learning Dropout Blended Learning 167

edWeb.net

APRIL 30, 2021

McNulty is the president of the National Dropout Prevention Center (NDPC) and the Successful Practices Network (SPN). Ray has served as Chair of the National Dropout Prevention Network and was the chief learning officer for Penn Foster, a global leader in online education. WATCH THE EDWEBINAR RECORDING. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST.

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Strategy Dropout Education Professional Learning 93

Edsurge

JULY 29, 2020

In elementary school, frequent absences are linked to a higher likelihood of dropout—even if attendance improves over time. Research shows that attendance is key to academic success, so preventing absenteeism is critical. Reading and math skills are hindered for students who are chronically absent as early as kindergarten.

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Strategy Learning Elementary Personalized Learning 194

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 11, 2018

Each year since, they have won numerous awards, including the trophy for Outstanding Production for the best overall elementary school performance three years in a row, from 2013 to 2015, and again in 2017. Elementary schools like P.S. 124 are the “new frontier, because upper elementary is a great time to introduce kids to theater.”

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Elementary Dropout Education Report 69

The Hechinger Report

MAY 15, 2023

Dropout rates were the same for students in both the remedial and the “corequisite” courses, as the college plus extra help version is often called. “We At the end of our data collection in the fall of 2020, their degree completion – the elementary algebra group and the stats group – they’re not that different,” said Douglas.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 28, 2019

. • House Bill 187 would provide additional funding to enable school districts to employ a professional school counselor in every elementary school , with priority going to school districts with low accreditation levels. Many students in Mississippi lack access to mental health care , which is something a counselor can often provide.

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Accessibility Elementary Dropout Classroom 43

Edsurge

JANUARY 2, 2018

There’s a really interesting study of the Los Angeles Unified School District, which looked at grades and also performance on standardized tests in math for elementary school students. Again, elementary school students who took the test in the afternoon did worse than those who took the test in the morning. Many schools do.

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Education Learning Elementary Groups 131

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2023

In other words, the decline in prospective Black teachers far exceeded the Black college dropout rate.) But students were abandoning teacher preparation in higher rates than they were leaving school. (In Many of these Black students are staying in college and earning degrees. They’re just not completing their teacher training.

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Education Classroom Course Dropout 102

Digital Promise

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

“Most of what our staff does is show up committed and dedicated — they really take care of these kids and make sure that they’re safe, that they’re healthy, that they’re happy, they’re eating, they have clothes,” says Amy Creeden, an elementary school principal. The initiative is in place at elementary and middle schools in Middletown.

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Elementary Blended Learning Classroom Education 153

The Hechinger Report

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Rubio, a junior at the University of Rhode Island who attended elementary school in Central Falls, had already intervened once this quarter. Related: Communities hit hardest by the pandemic, already struggling, could face a dropout cliff. Her math teacher had just informed her that she would have to wait and take it next year.

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Learning Elementary Education Classroom 71

The Hechinger Report

OCTOBER 14, 2020

On a crisp day in early March, two elementary school gifted and talented classes worked on activities in two schools, three miles and a world apart. There are gifted dropouts. They knew not all their children were especially brilliant — they just wanted to get into the best elementary school in the city. BUFFALO, N.Y. —

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Education Elementary Classroom Report 145

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 18, 2021

We need to invest in after-school programs for middle school students now more than ever, to stave off pandemic learning loss and dropouts. Success stories draw in more students and families. And we need to understand that students need more — not less — support during the middle school years.

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Dropout Learning Classroom Course 132

The CoolCatTeacher

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

” We have a significantly low dropout rate and high on-time graduation rate in Albemarle. Reasons that Keep Kids Coming Back to School. Dr. Moran’s career in public education began as a high school science teacher.

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Education Learning Elementary Dropout 263